Senior Systems Administrator Pinetown
RMS Staffing Solutions • Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
30+ days ago
Job description
Systems Administrator
My client based in the upper highway area seeks a Systems Administrator to be based at their Head Office.
The key areas are Networking, Installations, Upgrades, Troubleshooting, Installations of servers, Hardware and software support, Office 365, IT Technician L1/L3, Onsite and telephonic support.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Monitor and manage the company’s corporate and commercial network (active directory).
- Monitor and manage company’s servers and services against agreed SLA (99.98% uptime).
- Monitor and manage the company’s databases (drop partitions, check stored procedures/check max connections / long running queries/loading etc.).
- Monitor and manage the company’s network security in compliance with EU’s GDPR directive and any related ISO specifications (Annual audits/pen tests/patches).
- Architect any new requirements to fulfill the company’s objectives.
- Manage all ITC related assets to ensure high availability.
- Interface with key suppliers.
- Oversight and design of monthly executive reports (BI reports).
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience.
- Must have CCNA accreditation.
- Strong networking/firewall/security knowledge.
- Strong Linux and Windows server knowledge.
- Virtual machine environment experience (Docker/Proxmox setup/installation and management knowledge).
- Strong DB administration knowledge for MySQL.
- Strong network and DB security understanding.
- Fortigate firewall experience is an advantage.
- Live in the upper highway area and must have own reliable transport.
- Self-motivated and takes initiative.
- Strategic thinker and strong in observability culture.
- Ability to interface with all levels of employees within the group as well as strategic suppliers.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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